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PRESBYTERY OF LOUISVILLE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES
109 EAST BROADWAY
LOUISVILLE
July 27, I960
Dr. J. R. Cunningham
1005 Wachovia Bank Building
Charlotte 2, North Carolina
Dear Dr. Cunningham:
I have read with a great deal of interest about the splendid
job you and your committee have done in settling some of the racial
tensions in Charlotte. Last Monday night some of us met with a
group of business men here seeking to find some possible approach
to the questions that are being put upon them by CORE. These men
are managers of our hotels, restaurants and department stores. I
wonder if you could give us some help. I fold them about your success and they asked me to write you. Our drug stores have opened
their lunch counters to negroes. One of the main problems is our
restaurants and our department stores. What was the plan that you
used in working this out with your department stores? Do you have
pressure put upon you at the theaters? What has been the approach
that you have taken there? I know that much thought and prayer have
been put into the work that you have done and we would appreciate
your sharing with us your plan of proceedure and the results as they
have finally worked out.
I often think of our happy associations together while you were
in Louisville. I am enjoying my new work and am finding it quite
challenging. I'll be in Montreat at the Church Extension Conference
and hope to see you then.
Do write me, as soon as you can, answers to these questions and
any other information that you think would be valuable to us. We
are meeting again next week to discuss further what we should do.
My warmest good wishes to your family.
Very sincerely,
Olof Anderson, Jr.
0A:jc
Object Description
| Title | Reverend Olof Anderson Jr. correspondence |
| Series | Series 2, Dr. John R. Cunningham correspondence |
| Digital Collection | Charlotte Mayor's Committee on Race Relations Records, 1960-1965 |
| Creator | Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980 |
| Date Created | 1960-07-27 - 1960-07-29 |
| Series Description | This series consists of correspondence from and to the Reverend Dr. John R. Cunningham, chairman of both mayoral committees. |
| Collection Description | Charlotte mayor (from 1957-1961) James Saxon Smith formed the Mayor's Friendly Relationship Committee (MFRC) in response to student organized sit-ins at lunch counters in some of uptown Charlotte's major white-owned establishments on February 12, 1960. By July 1960, the MFRC had helped the lunch counter owners and student protesters come to an agreement which resulted in the integration of many of Charlotte's lunch counters. The work of the committee continued and expanded to explore broader community issues, and was renamed the Mayor's Community Relations Committee (MCRC) in 1961. This collection comprises papers related to the establishment and work of both committees, and includes correspondence, committee minutes, memorandums, pamphlets, and research materials on the subject of race relationships. |
| Subjects--Names |
Cunningham, John R. (John Rood), 1891-1980 Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990 Smith, James Saxon |
| Subjects--Organizations |
Charlotte (N.C.). Mayor's Friendly Relationship Committee Charlotte (N.C.). Mayor's Community Relations Committee Johnson C. Smith University |
| Subjects--Topics |
African Americans--Segregation--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights--North Carolina--Charlotte Discrimination in public accommodations--North Carolina--Charlotte Race discrimination--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century Municipal government--North Carolina--Charlotte |
| Subjects--Locations |
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Charlotte (N.C.)--Politics and government--20th century |
| Coverage--Place |
Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.) |
| Box Number | 2 |
| Folder Number | 9 |
| Language | eng |
| Object Type | Text |
| Digital Format | Displayed as .jp2, uploaded as .tif |
| Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
| Finding Aid | http://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/Manuscript/Mayor%27s%20Committee%20Race%20Relations.pdf |
| Original Collection | Mayor's Committee on Race Relationships papers |
| Digital Collection Home Page | http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll11 |
| Repository | Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library |
| Digital Publisher | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
| Rights | These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. The digital reproductions have been made available through an evaluation of public domain status, permissions from the rights' holders, and authorization under the law including fair use as codified in 17 U.S.C. section 107. Although these materials are publicly accessible for these limited purposes, they may not all be in the public domain. Users are responsible for determining if permission for re-use is necessary and for obtaining such permission. Individuals who have concerns about online access to specific content should contact J. Murrey Atkins Library. |
| Location of Original | Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, Charlotte Mecklenburg Library |
| Grant Information | Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. |
| Identifier | cml-mcrc-020209 |
| Date Digitized | 2015-08-25 |
| Rating |
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| Title | cml-mcrc-020209-1 |
| Digital Collection | Charlotte Mayor's Committee on Race Relations Records, 1960-1965 |
| OCR Transcript | PRESBYTERY OF LOUISVILLE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES 109 EAST BROADWAY LOUISVILLE July 27, I960 Dr. J. R. Cunningham 1005 Wachovia Bank Building Charlotte 2, North Carolina Dear Dr. Cunningham: I have read with a great deal of interest about the splendid job you and your committee have done in settling some of the racial tensions in Charlotte. Last Monday night some of us met with a group of business men here seeking to find some possible approach to the questions that are being put upon them by CORE. These men are managers of our hotels, restaurants and department stores. I wonder if you could give us some help. I fold them about your success and they asked me to write you. Our drug stores have opened their lunch counters to negroes. One of the main problems is our restaurants and our department stores. What was the plan that you used in working this out with your department stores? Do you have pressure put upon you at the theaters? What has been the approach that you have taken there? I know that much thought and prayer have been put into the work that you have done and we would appreciate your sharing with us your plan of proceedure and the results as they have finally worked out. I often think of our happy associations together while you were in Louisville. I am enjoying my new work and am finding it quite challenging. I'll be in Montreat at the Church Extension Conference and hope to see you then. Do write me, as soon as you can, answers to these questions and any other information that you think would be valuable to us. We are meeting again next week to discuss further what we should do. My warmest good wishes to your family. Very sincerely, Olof Anderson, Jr. 0A:jc |
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